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Cocaine Users Have 45 Percent Increased Risk of Glaucoma
September 29, 2011 — A study of the 5.3 million men and women seen in Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinics in a one-year period found that use of cocaine is predictive of open-angle glaucoma, the most common ... > full story -
Faulty Signaling in Brain Increases Craving for Sugar and Drugs
August 30, 2011 — When glutamate and dopamine do not collaborate as they should in the brain's signal system, the kick that alcohol, sugar, or other drugs induce increases. This provides a key piece of the puzzle ... > full story -
Mechanism Links Substance Abuse With Vulnerability to Depression
August 24, 2011 — A new study finds that repeated cocaine use increases the severity of depressive-like responses in a mouse model of depression and identifies a mechanism that underlies this cocaine-induced ... > full story -
Cocaine Addicts Prefer Money in Hand to Snowy Future
August 11, 2011 — When a research team asked cocaine addicts to choose, hypothetically, between money now or cocaine of greater value later, "preference was almost exclusively for the money ... > full story -
Possible Therapeutic Target for Depression and Addiction Identified
August 10, 2011 — Researchers have identified an important part of the pathway through which stress affects mood and motivation for drugs. The finding may prove useful in humans by providing new potential targets for ... > full story -
Drug Development in the Blink of an Eye
August 8, 2011 — The development of drugs for brain-related conditions is not an efficient process. A key reason for this is a lack of preclinical tests that accurately predict drug efficacy and detect unwanted side ... > full story -
Non-Cocaine, Topical Anesthetics Can Kill Pain When Repairing Skin Wounds
July 27, 2011 — While some pain killers need to be injected into the damaged tissue in order to work, topical anesthetics only need to be spread on the surface. The earliest examples of "topical" anesthetics ... > full story -
Increased Risk of Parkinson's Disease in Methamphetamine Users, Study Finds
July 26, 2011 — People who abused methamphetamine or other amphetamine-like stimulants are more likely to develop Parkinson's disease than those who do not, according to a new ... > full story -
Scientists Create Vaccine Against Heroin High
July 20, 2011 — Researchers have developed a highly successful vaccine against a heroin high and have indicated its therapeutic ... > full story -
New Hope for Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
July 15, 2011 — Researchers have discovered that a common beta blocker, used to treat people with hypertension, has shown to be effective in preventing the brain from retrieving memories associated with cocaine use ... > full story
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